September 2007

I would like to comment on the placement of skateboard parks.

First, I am not against skateboard parks.

With schools open this month we note many vehicles driving excessively over the posted 25-miles-per-hour speed limit on Southwest 112th Street. This area in question is between 10th Avenue Southwest and 12th Avenue Southwest.

Cascade Middle School and Evergreen High School being in close proximity to Southwest 112th Street, students from these two schools use Southwest 112th as a sidewalk (as this street has no sidewalks) creating a dangerous combination.

A child's poor performance in school can be caused by many things, but should be a signal to parents to take a closer look. As kids go back to school, parents should take note.

Approximately 300 people listened to the West Seattle Big Band's sweet mix of patriotic songs and jazz as they waited on the Alki Promenade for the arrival of dignitaries on a lovely, late-summer evening for the unveiling of a replica of a replica.

The new bronze version of Alki's miniature Statue of Liberty has been installed atop the pedestal where the original replica stood, southwest of the Alki Bathhouse. It was unveiled by Mayor Greg Nickels along with his wife Sharon Nickels and City Councilman Tom Rasmussen, an Alki resident.

Offshore from the ceremony, the fireboat Leschi circled sending high arcing, celebratory cascades into the sky from its four water cannons.

Closer to shore and strung with colorful international code flags was the gaff-rigged ketch Yankee Clipper, the Sea Scout training vessel based in West Seattle.

A Seattle Police color guard brought the ceremony to quiet attention.

Alki's new bronze replica of the Statue of Liberty needs both a taller, lighted pedestal and a new plaza with commemorative brick pavers, according to the majority of people attending a Seattle Parks and Recreation public meeting in the Alki Bathhouse.

Two nights after the unveiling of the new Statue of Liberty, Seattle Parks and Recreation held a public meeting at the Bathhouse to find out whether the public prefers getting a new pedestal for the statue, a new plaza, or both a pedestal and a plaza.

An unknown person sneaked into a local church, broke into a locked office, and stole a safe containing the church's master keys and a number of checks. Apparently famished by his or her derring-do, the thief then cooked a meal of pasta with red sauce and tamales in the church kitchen.

In North Admiral, a young man was taken to Harborview for treatment of a shoulder injury. According to his grandparents, the 19 year old was high on drugs and jumped out of a second-story window. Uninjured, he returned to the house to retrieve a six-pack of beer.

The South Park community will celebrate the construction of its own skate park later this year; likely before any skate features are built under Seattle's citywide skate park plan.

Adjacent to Cesar Chavez Park, the branch library, and the South Park Community Center, the future River City Skate Park is a true grassroots effort, said Mark Johnson, chair of the River City park steering committee.

All the money, about $167,000, has already been raised.

Preliminary work got underway Sept.

September 7-Citing safety violations and illegal activities, city officials issued a cease-and-desist order against the 3 Bears Motel and revoked its business license.

Located at 2717 S. 216th St.

Thomas Jefferson girls soccer head coach Wade Webber showed up for Thursday's showdown against Federal Way dressed in a black suit, a white shirt and a red tie.

If he was looking for good luck and a win, the ex-TJ and Seattle Sounders player got it in a 2-1 victory over the Eagles at Federal Way Memorial Stadium.

Webber pointed out another reason for wearing it to one of his players after the game, however.

"I'm trying to start a trend," he quipped.

The Raiders were definitely relieved to get the win no matter what the reason, after they watched an e